How to Fast and Get Closer to God

Praise and Worship God

Do you want a closer relationship with God?
Do you want to hear God when he talks to you?
Do you want to know God's Will for your life?
Fasting and prayer are the best way to get closer to God.

Instructions

1. Fast. Deny yourself of fleshly desires. Submit to the will of the spirit and control the will of the flesh. Determine what you will sacrifice and give that up as you fight to deny yourself, pick up your cross and follow God daily.

2. Submit Your Will to God. During the fast as you hunger and struggle to deny yourself the devil will surely attack you. As he does the bible gives us the only way to overcome the devil. First we Submit our Will to God. Secondly, We resist the devil. For with our will submitted to god the battle becomes the Lord's.

3. Pray. Daily devotion of prayer scripture reading and thanksgiving are necessary to get closer to God during your fast. Your attention should be focused on prayer and connecting with God versus worrying about what you gave up. Truly the fast is about what you get not what you give up. focus on getting the relationship you want with God. Pray for strength and that His Will be done and that you remain submissive to His Will.

4. Thanksgiving, Praise and Worship. Our fast takes us to a place of personal sacrifice that we need to focus on the Spirit of God. We connect with god through his Holy Spirit in Thanksgiving, Praise and Worship.
   Thanksgiving being the simple act of thanking God for all he has done is doing and will do. Just Thanking God for being God. Thanks moves in to praise. Praise is acknowledging and giving credit. It is the next step after we Thank God we Praise God. The Worship is the point reserved only for our God. For we can thank people and even praise them but worship is where bow our heads, yield our souls and submit our hearts to the one and only true and living God!!

5. This process coupled with meditation and seeking God will take us to new heights as we develop a close personal and intimate relationship with God.
   Do not stop praying, fasting, thanking, praising and worshiping God as you submit your will to His Will.

Tips & Warnings

• Fast

• Pray

• Thank

• Praise

• Worship

Resources

• God's Word, Healthy Diet and Weight Loss
• Submissive Will
• Not Bread Alone